"Join SCIP: (www.scip.org) and check out the "training and events/claendar pages. there are several active SCIP chapters where you will be able to network in person with CI professionals from a variety of backgrounds. Certainly th eWashington DC…"

Hi Martha. So good seeing you at the conference, and thanks for the opportunity to meet Dr. Sugasawa and be in the pictures. I hope I had some lipstick on! Dinner was fun as well, and I enjoyed seeing you folks doing those Greek dances. Speak to you soon I hope. Best, Claudia

Martha So sorry that I am only just seeing this now. I would love to have done lunch with you and you must have thought I was either fairly rude or very disorganised not getting back to you at all about this! :-( I only have China's Fire Wall to blame but it's a good place to start. Hope the rest of the trip was good. are you back now?

Dear Martha，
Thank you for your message; I've heard about Eurasia's event but did not realize that it is coming so soon!
Yes I would love to have a chance to meet you either at the conference or in our office or somewhere after office hour. Welcome to Shanghai and wish you enjoy your stay here.
Are you working with Arik at Aurora WDC? Very good company. I met him in last year's CICI event but did not have chance to speak to him personally.
Yours sincerely, Jean
Jean_wu@sunfaith.com

I would be pleased to share my view on the "follow-up" topics in your e-mail. What would be your preferred option to exchange ideas: e-mail answer, phone conference, video conference or personal meeting?

Dear Martha,
OK so far. I have been to two BioSpace career Fairs (Boston and Philadelphia) and had one phone interview with a small biotech in Cambridge which did not result in a full interview, but was encouraging. Interestingly, Paul Anderson has accepted a position as head of med. chem. for the same company and is pretty happy about it. I also spoke with Uwe S. yesterday and heard he has found a position which has not yet been announced.

I have also been wondering how one breaks into the pharmaceutical/biotech CTI business withour formal prior experience?
Regards,
Richard